Taxation Without Representation
Passed by Parliament in 1764, this lowered the tax on imported molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
Term that describes information made to influence public opinion.
What is propaganda?
These soldiers boasted that they would be ready to fight with a moment's notice.
Who were the minutemen?
This man used his Common Sense to write a pamphlet in early 1776 that influenced opinion toward independence throughout the colonies
Who is Thomas Paine?
A spirited discussion
What is a debate?
Among the dead at the Boston Massacre was Crispus Attucks, a dockworker, who was part African-American, and part this.
What is Native American?
This group of colonists, who would NEVER play football in New England, did not consider unfair taxes and regulations good reasons for rebellion, and so they chose to side with Britain.
Who were Loyalists?
This man, selected to write the Declaration of Independence, drew some ideas from English philosopher John Locke in his arguments for freedom.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A formal request
What is a petition?
This member of the Virginia House of Burgesses persuaded the burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act.
Who is Patrick Henry?
When news of the Boston Tea Party reached London, this king realized that Britain was losing control of the colonies.
Who was George III?
After Lexington and Concord, the committees of correspondence sent out calls for helpers, called these, to join the militias.
Who were the volunteers?
The colonial delegates offered Britain one last chance to avoid war when they sent this to the king, assuring the crown of the colonists' desire for peace.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
An unexpected meeting
What is an encounter?
Legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.
What are writs of assistance?
Parliament passed the Tea Act to give this company a virtual monopoly of the tea trade in America, saving them from financial ruin.
What is the British East India Company?
In April of 1775, British General Thomas Gage ordered 700 troops under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith to march to this city to seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition they could find.
Where is Concord?
Captain in the Connecticut militia who led an American attack on British forces in Quebec, then later led raids against the Americans in Virginia and Connecticut.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
Refuse to buy
What is boycott?
Thousands of merchants signed these, pledges that they would not buy or use goods from Britain.
What are non-importation agreements?
What are the Coercive Acts?
On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere and this man, members of the Sons of Liberty, rode to Lexington to warn that the British were coming.
Who was William Dawes?
This delegate from Virginia proposed, "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
A formal expression of opinion